You may wonder why you need to increase your metabolism if you want to gain weight and build muscle.

Well I’m glad you asked.

A slow metabolism will destroy muscle and store fat. Starving your body or inactivity will tell your body not to build muscle because it takes too much energy to maintain.

When you’re trying to build muscle, energy is in high demand because you’re lifting weights and doing intense cardio.

Your body needs a lot of energy to rebuild those muscles. Your body needs a lot of energy to maintain those muscles. To do this, you have to eat more. But we all know that if you eat more and do the same, you’ll get fat.

To minimize your fat gains, you must increase your metabolism. This is muscle beneficial and fat detrimental. Intense cardio and lifting weights already boost your metabolism.

You’ll also needed dietary boosts in your metabolism. The following foods also help in your muscle building efforts.

1. High Omega-3 Fish

* Mackerel – 2.5g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish
* Bluefin Tuna – 1.6g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish
* Salmon – 1.5g O3 per 3.5 oz of fish

The protein Omega-3 can potentially increase your daily calorie burn by 400.

Eating fish has many nutritional benefits that out weight simply taking a vitamin.

2. Veggies High in Fiber

* Avocado
* Beans
* Broccoli

Your body can’t digest fiber, but it’ll try anyway and burn a lot of energy in the process.

3. High Protein Meat

* Venison – 34g per 100 grams of meat
* Chicken – 25g per 100 grams of meat
* Lean beef – 25g per 100 grams of meat

Your body burns twice as much energy to digest protein as it does to digest carbs. This increases your metabolism greatly.

Eat these foods along with lifting weights and intense cardio, and you’ll benefit from a higher metabolism around the clock.

Thanks to webmd for some of the information.

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